Imagine Specs Regieleki that isn't stonewalled by Bulky Grounds the tier is infested with.
By Trading Enormous Power and Speed, You Nuke Everything. Even Zygarde shivers at its presence!
All this while luring its traditional Checks!
Gen 8 Anything Goes
Zekrom (Zekieleki) @ Choice Specs
Ability: Teravolt
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 Atk / 252 Spe*
Mild / Rash Nature for the extra power push
Hasty / Naive Nature so you at worst Speed Tie with Other +Spe Base 90s, Creeps Modest Yveltal / Xerneas as well.
- Rising Voltage
- Draco Meteor
- Volt Switch
- Bolt Strike / Thunder
With the release of SV and the Inevitable drop of gen 8 as the current generation, I thought it would be cool to share one of my favorite, albeit inconsistent Zekrom Set I've used a handful of times as a one last Farewell. o7
Note that while I have never seen anyone use this before, I don't take the credit for this set.
Someone pretty sure must have tinkered with this in the past before me. That said, Get Ready to feel the Thunder!
Pair this with Electric Terrain and Spam Rising Voltage like there's no tomorrow!
With Mild / Rash, Do 60% to Physdef Ferrothorn, Kiss Buzzwole / Necrozma-Dusk Mane / Tangrowth / Defensive Xerneas / Lunala Goodbye while Chunking Standard Chansey with an Acceptable 33-39%
( Standard Blissey takes like 41-48% so after rocks you have a 77.3% chance to 2HKO )
+Spe also works though Blissey is gonna have an Easier time shrugging it off even after Stealth Rock, and Guaranteed OHKO'es becomes a roll such as on Necrozma-Dusk-Mane, albeit favorable ones.
The Bread and Butter of this set is actually Threatening to Delete all Lunala and Groudon variants that doesn't invest in Special Defense ( While Mixed can do the same, This Set has the benefit of KO'ing Groudon Instantly while having a ridiculous STAB Option that break its hard walls like Ferrothorn and Buzzwole.)
Specs Draco has pretty solid 31.3% Chance to OHKO Standard Don, with the odds rising to 68.8% after rocks. Metagame Staples Zygarde and Eternatus wants nothing to do with this, Landorus-T and the niche Quagsire suffers the same fate.
Volt Switch keeps up Momentum and allows you to scout while also chunking would be switch-ins like Tyranitar and Chansey.
Bolt Strike might seem Counter-Intuitive on a Specs Set but under Electric Terrain, it allows you to actually threaten to OHKO Ho-Oh and Yveltal as both can take a Rising Voltage because of being Airborne and Proceed to Spread Status or Knock Off your Specs. Its Chosen over Thunder because of its raw damage output to Chansey as it hits like 252 Atk Adamant when boosted. Note that Chansey shrugs off Unboosted Bolt Strike.
This takes advantage of the You Absolutely have to Respect Dragon Dance Zekrom mindset cause yes, take it for granted and you will regret it.
The Main Drawback of this set however, is how Exploitable its moves are - Yes you killed a Groudon at full but now Xerneas just comes in and clicks Geomancy, for Example. Big Momentum Sink that can end games right off the bat. Not to mention that running Koko + Zekrom only stacks up your ground weakness. Despite that, its solid if you play it right, Tangrowth is a crucial teammate that checks Marshadow, Zygarde, Dragon Dance Necrozma-Dusk-Mane and Groudon with Reflect. It can also help weaken Don if the MU doesn't allow you to click Draco. This Zekrom appreciates Paraspam so TWave Koko and TWave NDM are good choices. With Nature's Madness, you chunk Cocky Groudon / Zygarde / Eternatus as well.
Overall, You can picture the Squad. Its not perfect and yes, this set has a lot flaws but more often than not, its how you play it that matters the most. For Example, Paralyzing DD NDM, Reflect With Tangrowth and then going Zekrom will neutralize it as a threat.
Have Fun! and Goodbye Gen 8 o7
